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Flight attendant reported there were only 3 fully operational lavatories during a long haul flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1760738 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Toilet Furnishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
ZZZZ-ZZZ 14.40 duty day operated aircraft X with XXX souls on board with 3 working lavatories. Cockpit informed us we would operate all lavs in order to depart but not have running water in the other lavatories. Captain's decision. Cockpit had 1400 sanitary wipes boarded. Flight attendant's not comfortable with non covid procedures so it was agreed to lock other lavs off and operate only 3 lavs with running water. Please note ZZZZ has increased their covid protocol due to increased covid numbers.under no circumstance should an aircraft operate without the ability to wash your hands especially on long range flying. As a situation arises during a pandemic; even though a policy has not been updated to reflect covid procedures; it is imperative a captain make a decision based on the health and safety of the crew. We had 3 working lavs. That's not acceptable during covid. Cdc recommends hand washing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported there were only 3 fully operational lavatories during a long haul flight.
Narrative: ZZZZ-ZZZ 14.40 duty day operated Aircraft X with XXX souls on board with 3 working lavatories. Cockpit informed us we would operate all lavs in order to depart but not have running water in the other lavatories. Captain's decision. Cockpit had 1400 sanitary wipes boarded. FA's not comfortable with non COVID procedures so it was agreed to lock other lavs off and operate only 3 lavs with running water. Please note ZZZZ has increased their COVID protocol due to increased COVID numbers.Under no circumstance should an aircraft operate without the ability to wash your hands especially on long range flying. As a situation arises during a pandemic; even though a policy has not been updated to reflect COVID procedures; it is imperative a Captain make a decision based on the health and safety of the crew. We had 3 working LAVs. That's not acceptable during COVID. CDC recommends hand washing.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.